document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=136671>Question 136671</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Suppose you know the number of sides in a regular polygon,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the lenght of each side, and the distance from each side to the centre.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How can you determine its area?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THANK YOU!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #100063 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=100063\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can always make a bunch of little triangles and then find the area of each one Area = base*height/2. Then add the results. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since your polygon is regular, each triangle will have the same area - so the answer is even easier. Just find the area of one triangle and then multiply by the number of sides in the polygon (which is the same as the number of little triangles) </SPAN>\n" );
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